diff --git a/code/intl.lisp b/code/intl.lisp
index 285691af2546ac7d4bdd4fe5bea2dfbad0edcf81..0627af9772407d6b3e75f79ea222c9b2e6dddc6a 100644
--- a/code/intl.lisp
+++ b/code/intl.lisp
@@ -802,8 +802,7 @@
 							      :type "pot")
 					       output-directory)
 			      :direction :output
-			      :if-exists :new-version
-			      ;;:external-format :utf8
+			      :if-exists :supersede
 			      :external-format :iso8859-1
 			      )
 	       (format t "~&#@ ~A~2%" domain)